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There has to be more to it. Maybe allergic to something.
Muscle Cream Caused NYC Teen's Death
Saturday, June 09, 2007
NEW YORK — A medical examiner blamed a 17-year-old track star's death on the use of too much muscle cream, the kind used to soothe aching legs after exercise.
Arielle Newman, a cross-country runner at Notre Dame Academy on Staten Island, died after her body absorbed high levels of methyl salicylate, an anti-inflammatory found in sports creams such as Bengay and Icy Hot, the New York City medical examiner said Friday.
The medical examiner's spokeswoman, Ellen Borakove, said the teen used "topical medication to excess." She said it was the first time that her office had reported a death from using a sports cream.
Newman, who garnered numerous track awards, died April 13. She had gone to a party the night before, then returned home and spent hours talking with her mother.
Methyl salicylate poisoning is unusual, and deaths from high levels of the chemical are rare.
"Chronic use is more dangerous than one-time use," Edward Arsura, chairman of medicine at Richmond University Medical Center, told the Staten Island Advance on Friday. "Exercise and heat can accentuate absorption."
Dr. Ronald Grelsamer, of Mount Sinai Medical Center, said Newman had a very abnormal amount of methyl salicylate in her body.
"She either lathered herself with it, or used way too much, or she used a normal amount and an abnormal percentage was absorbed into her body," he said.
Her mother, Alice Newman, said she still couldn't believe her daughter's death was caused by a sports cream.
"I am scrupulous about my children's health," she told the Advance. "I did not think an over-the-counter product could be unsafe."
http://www.foxnews.com/wires/2007Jun...mDeath,00.html
There has to be more to it. Maybe allergic to something.
maybe a bad reaction with something else she had been using. does sound really odd, unless she was icy hot wrestling at that party.
if she only knew.
runs track
prob had shin splints.
prob lathered her legs in it every night
Shame. Hope the family doesn't sue the manufacturer due to a freak thing like this.
i hope they do.
I still don't think you could die from putting it on your legs every day (unless for some reason here skin absorbed more than the normal person). However, if you use it near your heart or other organs, it can cause major problems. There's even a warning on the package about it, I believe.
Dear Alice Newman, marathoners, etc die every year from drinking ... water.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methyl_salicylate
Sun block, bug repellent a dangerous combination
Web Posted: 06/09/2007 12:24 AM CDT
Wendy Rigby
KENS 5 Eyewitness News
Combining sunscreen and insect repellent can be hazardous to your health, especially for young children.
South Texas summers are full of fun in the sun, which means parents are slathering on the sunscreen to protect from harmful rays. That's often followed by a careful coating of insect repellent, as it's also prime mosquito season here.
However, both products added together can equal trouble, especially if the bug spray contains a lot of the ingredient DEET.
"This is one combo you don't want to dance to. You don't want to put sun block with the DEET because it will allow several times as much DEET to be absorbed," said Dr. Miguel Fernandez, director of the South Texas Poison Center.
In fact, studies have shown applying DEET with sun block can trigger three times the absorption of DEET into the blood. Potential neurotoxic effects include blurry vision, weakness, even seizures.
Although the risk is low, pediatricians recommend you don't use repellent with more than 10 percent DEET on children under the age of 6 years old.
If you any questions about product interactions, you can always call the poison center at (800) 222-1222.
"It's very few cases where people run into problems, but when they do, it's small children that are using the insect repellent frequently," Fernandez said.
Fernandez said by applying sun block first, then waiting 15 minutes, it's safer to apply the repellent. Another option is to put the repellent on a child's clothing instead of his or her skin.
That's messed up, I use that stuff on my wrists infrequently. I thought about what it would be like to be in a pool full of it one time. I guess it would be like dying.
have you seen anything on picaridin, the deet alternative?
don't rattle the sheep, boutons. they don't like that.
BLASPHEMOUS!!!!!!!
Some of you people can be so cold
i'd just rather not use deet with my daughter, she's a mosquito magnet. they both seem equally effective.
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